In addition to the 6 gold points with hard power, the Chinese legion has the hope of impacting the gold medal in some projects at the Beijing Winter Olympics. If you can achieve something in one or two events, you can be more certain of creating the best historical record of the Winter Olympics.
Freestyle skiing 4 blocks
Women's slope obstacle skills
This is still Gu Ailing's strong point, and she also won the slope obstacle course at last year's World Championships. But at present, Gu Ailing is ranked fourth in the world in this project, and the strength of competitors in the Winter Olympics is very strong.
Compared to winning consecutive championships in U-shaped field skills this season, Gu Ailing failed to win a championship in the slope obstacle course of the World Cup sub-station, only the silver medal was scored, and lost to the world number one Estonian Hildaru on several occasions. She is also the number one gold grabber in the Beijing Winter Olympics.
In addition, the world's second-ranked American star Maggie Wazan, and the Canadian Olivia Asrin, who scored a high score of 93 points in the last game of this season's World Cup, all have strong strength.
Competition Time:
Qualifiers 13 February 10:00
Final February 14, 09:30
Women's big jump
Gu Ailing participated in three freestyle skiing events at the Beijing Winter Olympics, including her side event Big Jump.
At the World Championships, Gu Ailing won the bronze medal on the big jumping platform. However, in this season's World Cup, she won the Stenbot station in the United States.
Although it is a side event, during the European training in November last year, Gu Ailing "unlocked" the 1440-degree action of the forward skating backflip for 2 weeks plus 2 weeks of rotation, which undoubtedly increased the possibility of her impacting the gold medal in the Big Jump event at the Winter Olympics.
Gu Ailing is the world's first female athlete to complete this action on the freestyle ski jump. A month later, at the World Cup, she became the first woman ever to complete the move in a freestyle skiing competition, and she also scored a high score of 96 points.
However, Gu Ailing's movements are not the most difficult among all the participating athletes, and Switzerland's "jumping king" Grimau has twice completed the super difficult action of 1440 degrees of backward front flip for two weeks. World Champion Russia's Tataglia is a gold medalist, not only difficult, but also extremely stable. France's Tess, who ranks first in the World Cup table, is also not to be underestimated.
Despite being strong in the women's big jump event, Gu Ailing is still worth looking forward to. And the excitement of the game is beyond doubt, especially Gu Ailing and Grimor will stage a "1440" showdown.
Qualifiers 7 February 09:30
Final February 8, 10:00
Men's aerial skills
This is the only gold medal in snow sports that the Chinese delegation has won in the history of the Winter Olympics. Today, the Four-Man Chinese team is naturally trying to recreate Han Xiaopeng's feat of winning gold at the Beijing Winter Olympics.
On January 13, Chinese male athletes won the top three places in the freestyle skiing aerial skills World Cup in Lugu, USA, with Wang Xindi winning the championship and Yang Longxiao and Sun Jiaxu winning silver and bronze medals respectively. Everyone is also looking forward to such a grand event at the Winter Olympics in February.
This season, in addition to Wang Xindi winning the championship at Lugu Station, Sun Jiaxu also won the championship in Canada. Although other Chinese players did not score gold medals, they also appeared on the podium many times. The real standout among the men's aerial skillers is Russia's Maxim, who has won gold multiple times in the World Cup. Therefore, in front of this super-first-class player, the Chinese team can only attack the gold medal.
Of course, the aerial skill project is originally scored by the difficulty of the action, the aerial posture and the settlement situation, and also considers the weather factors on the scene, so too many uncertainties often lead to the surprise of the final result. For Chinese players, after all, playing at home, the venue environment and climate are relatively more adaptable than foreign players, which will definitely be a powerful factor in competing for gold.
Qualifiers 15 February 19:00
Final February 16, 19:00
Women's aerial skills
Judging from this season's World Cup, the women's aerial skills project has shown a more open competitive pattern, while Chinese players occupy a certain advantage, but they need better on-the-spot play.
Shouldering the burden of the gold medal is Xu Mengtao, a 32-year-old veteran who won the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. In preparation for the Beijing Winter Olympics, Xu Mengtao completed meniscus surgery on both legs in March 2018 and has since recovered well and returned to the podium of the world championship.
After winning the FIS Freestyle Skiing Aerial Skills World Cup in Finland last December, he became the first person in world cup history with a record of 26 World Cup races. In January this year, Xu Mengtao continued to rewrite her championship record, and won the gold medal with a high score of 103.92 in the World Cup competition in Le Relais.
As long as there are no mistakes like at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Xu Mengtao has a grand slam dream of winning all the championships of freestyle skiing aerial skills.
Along with Xu Mengtao for the gold medal are Kong Fanyu, the runner-up of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, and Shao Qi, the runner-up of this season's World Cup in Lucca, Finland.
Qualifiers February 13, 19:00
Final February 14, 19:00
Short track speed skating 1 piece
Women's 3000m relay
At the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, the Chinese short track speed skating team almost won gold in the women's 3,000-meter relay event. The Chinese women's team, which broke the Olympic record in the preliminary round, led the way after entering the final, and was overtaken by the South Korean team in the last moment, and was also cancelled as runner-up due to inexplicable penalties.
The Beijing Winter Olympics will be a battle of shame for Chinese girls. Although at present, China's short track speed skating has no outstanding results in the women's individual event, but the relay event can still rely on the overall level and the degree of tacit understanding to impact this gold medal.
Tactical arrangements, baton handovers, etc. are the keys to achieving good results in relay events, and the Chinese team has its own advantages in this regard. Especially at present, the Korean coaching team of the Chinese short track speed skating team can be said to be quite familiar with the tactical characteristics of the old opponent South Korean team, and can be targeted and make targeted preparations.
At last year's short track speed skating World Cup in Beijing, the Chinese team composed of Fan Kexin, Qu Chunyu, Zhang Yuting and Guo Yihan, the Dutch team and the South Korean team won the women's 3000 meters championship, which can be said to be a very good military training before the Winter Olympics.
In addition, the Chinese men's team, which won the second place in the 5,000-meter relay at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, also has a certain hope of winning gold in this home battle.
Semi-finals February 9, 19:00
Final February 13, 19:00
Speed skating 2 blocks
Men's 1000 m and 1500 m
The speed skating arena of the Beijing Winter Olympics has the potential to produce China's first gold medal in men's events. Ning Zhongyan, a 23-year-old who has already reached the world's top level, will attack the gold medal in the 1000 meters and 1500 meters.
Ning Zhongyan, who was only selected for the Chinese speed skating team in 2018, was a blockbuster, and won the runner-up in the men's 1000 meters in the first World Cup race that year; then he defeated the Dutchman Nius, the champion of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, in the World Cup Kazakhstan station, to win the men's 1500 meters championship and break the field record.
While constantly refreshing his personal bests, since entering the last season before entering the Beijing Winter Olympics, Ning Zhongyan has performed even more eye-catchingly, winning 3 gold and 2 silver in the 4-stop speed skating World Cup.
Ning Zhongyan won the first place in norway in the 1500 meters, the second place in the Polish station and salt lake city in the United States, and the first place in the Canadian station in the 1000 meters. In addition, Ning Zhongyan and teammate Gao Tingyu won the Norwegian men's team sprint together.
As the world's best middle distance speed skaters gather in all the world cup races, they are doing their best for the Winter Olympic qualification. Therefore, Ning Zhongyan's performance has a very high gold content, indicating that he does have the hard power to compete for gold at the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Men's 1500 US February 8 at 7:00 PM
Men's 1000 US February 18 at 4:30 PM